NVD

Id
21961  
Name
CVE-2016-7917  
Description
The nfnetlink_rcv_batch function in net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not check whether a batch message"s length field is large enough, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (infinite loop or out-of-bounds read) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.  
Reject
 
CVSS Version
2  
CVSS Score
4.3  
Severity
Medium  
CVSS Base Score
4.3  
CVSS Impact Subscore
2.9  
CVSS Exploit Subscore
8.6  
CVSS Vector
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)  
Pub Date
2017-01-19  
Published
2016-11-16  
Modified Date
2016-12-02  
Seq
2016-7917  

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